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President Lee Bluntly Criticizes Hardliners... Seo Yong-ju: "Intending to Cut Ties with 'Irresponsible Extremists' Choo Mi-ae and Kim Yong-min"

Jo Seong-hyeon

Published : Oct 12, 2026 4:42 PM

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[Joo Young-jin's News Briefing]

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■ Broadcast: SBS <Joo Young-jin's News Briefing> Mon – Fri (14:00 – 15:20)
■ Host: Anchor Joo Young-jin
■ Panelists: Seo Yong-ju, Former Standing Deputy Spokesperson of the Democratic Party of Korea; Jang Ye-chan, Former Youth Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party; Son Seok-min, SBS Editorial Writer
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● Lee: "Will continue on SNS despite criticism"

Seo Yong-ju / Former Standing Deputy Spokesperson of the Democratic Party of Korea
"President Lee's SNS communication does not lack dignity"
"Kim Yong-min and Choo Mi-ae revealed as 'irresponsible extremists'"
"If the president insists on his own approach, he needs execution power beyond SNS"
"Internal turf war... helps neither state governance nor the political camp"
"Choo Mi-ae seems driven by presidential ambitions"

Jang Ye-chan / Former Youth Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party
"No one in the Democratic Party will fight on behalf of President Lee"
"Hardliners are holding back President Lee's 'pragmatism'"
"Internal division exposed far too early"
"Livelihoods forgotten and internal sniping... the Democratic Party must look in the mirror"
"If division and conflict are not resolved, momentum for state affairs will be lost"

Son Seok-min / SBS Editorial Writer
"President Lee's tone is escalating... intra-party conflict also deepening"

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